Friday, May 11, 2012

It is mentioned
somewhere in a holy book that ‘the meek shall inherit the earth’. But those who
seem to really believe in this and live accordingly are not the followers of
that book but Hindus in India.
For hundreds of years, Hindus have been under foreign rule in the recent past.
But for thousands of years prior to that they dominated the world ideologically
and were the richest in the world in every sense. What has caused the present
meekness of Hindu society is definitely a case worth studying for those
concerned about its future. The fall has been catastrophically damaging in Nepal which was
once the only Hindu nation in the world. The ailment has also spread over the
entire sub-continent and results can be devastating for the entire world in the
long run. Imagining a world full of followers of two closed and conflicting
religious ideologies would be a nightmare. Culture and civilization of mankind
will regress by a few thousand years if that is what our fate is.

Hinduism is
presently the third largest religion in the world and it is absolutely
necessary that it survives forever. Systemically also, the need for third and
fourth members to survive is much more vital than the first two in any system.
Whatever be the system, it becomes unsustainable and unstable as a whole if the
vital third and fourth load-bearing members are missing. More the supports,
more the stability of any system, especially if it concerns human society. Each
civilization has thrown up a religious ideology in the past and it is bound to
happen in the future too. But there is something very unique about the one
which sprung up in South Asia – viz. Hindu Sanatana
Dharma (PTBH - Proud To be Hindu). It is perhaps the only one which could comprehend the whole universe as
one and prayed for the well being of everything – good, bad and evil. How can
we afford to extinguish such a noble spirit and concede to overwhelming
ideologies that preaches more hatred than love?

Strongest
Foundation

There cannot be
more than one answer to the question – which is the religious ideology with the
strongest foundations in terms of scriptures, literature, beliefs, culture and
as convincingly demonstrated by the longest surviving civilization in the
entire universe? Unlike physical structures, strength of an ideology lies in
its rationality and not in its rigidity. If a human being claims that he is the
best and the only one, he has to be convincing to others and that too not under
duress. Conviction under shadow of swords is no true conviction; it is only
surrender of one’s rationality and identity. Surrender before ideological
onslaught is nothing but the worst form of slavery that is unbecoming of a
human being. The strength of Hindu Sanatana Dharma (PTBH) lies in its long chain of
evolution to what it is today with no period of coercion or fear. It has never
been static and rigid as its counterparts at any time. Resiliency and not
rigidity is the strength of ideologies which must evolve toward a positive
conclusion and never remain tied down to fear of questions and answers.

Hindu Sanatana
Dharma (PTBH) is resting on the strong foundations of Advaita after its evolution for over
five thousand years. For the last one thousand years, Science has emerged as a
strong challenge to the religious ideologies. We have now reached a stage where
no ideology completely disowned by Science can survive, and no ideology at
loggerheads with Science can hope to survive for long. In its current Advaita
version, Hindu Sanatana Dharma (PTBH) is in perfect harmony with modern science and in
many fields it is in a much more advanced phase than Science. It is not an
exaggeration to say that Science is now following Hindu Sanantana Dharma (PTBH). While
many of the other prominent ideologies are trying to overpower Science by manipulating
evidence for their theories, Hindu Sanatana Dharma is providing the guidance
for Scientists in cutting-edge fields like Quantum Physics, Space Science and
Computers. If it is possible to translate all the ancient texts of India into
English, it is almost certain that we have seen the end of knowledge
itself.

Weakest
Structure

But what is most
intriguing is the fact that the present Hindu society which is standing on the
strongest ideological foundation is one of the weakest in comparison. This is
evident when we learn about the extent of forced and lured religious
conversions that is taking place in India. Billions of dollars and
dinars are pouring into India
every year to get more and more Indians converted to Christianity and Islam,
the only two organized religions in the world. Moreover, the combined might of
these two alien ideologies have already ruled India for a full millennium. The
situation in many parts of liberated India is still not very different.
Hindus may be majority in terms of numbers, but the political and economical
might is already in the hand of others in many Indian states. At the current
level of population growth, It is only a matter of decades before Hindus will
lose complete control of the situation in terms of numbers, power and economy.

It all started with
Kashmir a few decades after the religious partitioning of India. Kashmiri
Pandits present the best example of how a Hindu community can destroy itself by
adamantly clinging onto its false prestige. Perhaps they overestimated their
faith in our first Prime Minister who was one among them. When the first signs
of religious fundamentalism started in the valley, the Kashmiri Pandits must
have closed ranks with brother Hindu communities and fought the battle together.
Instead they chose to cling on to the caste structure rigidly and now third
generation Kashmiri Pandits are languishing in the refugee camps in various
parts of India.
Almost same situation is presented in Kerala now. For the first time since
liberation from British, the Hindu representation in the ruling cabinet has
gone below the 50% mark and Nehru’s dead horse (Muslim League) is fast becoming
a race horse in Kerala politics. Kerala Pandits will soon be an unfortunate
reality (http://jajithkumar.blogspot.com/2010/10/kerala-pandits.html).

It would be in
everyone’s interest to remember one thing – a completely successful
rehabilitation of displaced persons has never taken place anywhere in the
world. Jews of Israel is the best example for this. Though backed by the most
powerful in the world, Israeli Jews can never live in peace when there is 360degreex365days
hostility. The same applies to all the displaced tribes and communities
anywhere in the world. Once the control over the land is lost to indigenous
rivals, there will never be any full rehabilitation. And to be in control of
one’s homeland, one must have the majority in terms of numbers and money. Only
those who realize this simple truth before they cross the Lekshman Rekha will
inherit the land and not by remaining meek. Kerala Hindus must close their
ranks and put their gears in proper mode if they do not want to go the Kashmiri
way. Immediate attention is in terms of numbers and only the productive younger
generation can stem the decline.